There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DERIVATION
derivation
(noun) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
derivation
(noun) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
derivation
(noun) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
(noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
derivation
(noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
(noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
derivation
(noun) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); āhe prefers shoes of Italian derivationā; āmusic of Turkish derivationā
derivation
(noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; āāsingerā from āsingā or āundoā from ādoā are examples of derivationsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
Anagrams
• ordinative
Source: Wiktionary
Der`i*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. derivatio: cf. F. dƩrivation. See Derive.]
1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] T. Burnet.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.
3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
5. That from which a thing is derived.
6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. Gibbon.
7. (Math.)
Definition: The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
8. (Med.)
Definition: A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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